Career Development Award

The SPD and PeDRA jointly support a career development award - the Weston Pediatric Dermatology CDA - which provides $40,000 in support for one year (0.2 FTE). The award is given every other year (2019, 2021). Next application deadline is December 7, 2020.

2017 Recipient

Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
Harvard University/Massachusetts General HospitalMelanoma and Dysplastic Nevi in Children

Purpose

Applicant Eligibility Requirements

Must be a pediatric dermatologist residing in the United States or Canada

Must be a current member of the SPD with a membership held at least two (2) years

Must be met on or before July 1, 2019

MD; MD, PhD; or DO degree

Completed training in a U.S. or Canadian dermatology residency program

Junior faculty member in a department/division of dermatology in the early stages of an academic career (through Assistant Professor level) or acceptance letter (fellow committing to be on faculty)

Basic science, clinically, or translationally-oriented investigator in the early stages of academic career

Demonstrates a strong commitment to skin research that can advance the field of pediatric dermatology

Under the mentorship of an experienced educator, clinician, or laboratory-based investigator

Mentor must have an academic appointment in dermatology or another program at the sponsoring institution that is approved by the dermatology chair

Strong institutional commitment for individual's career development

NOT a recipient of another federally funded career development award. Those who have also applied for a Dermatology Foundation (DF) CDA are welcome to apply but will be ineligible for a Weston CDA if awarded a DF CDA.

Additional Information

Please note that the SPD and PeDRA do not allow indirect costs to be covered by the funds provided to the award recipient. As such, please do not include indirects in the budget/budget justification portion of the application.